Dien Bien Phu: Photo tutorial: painting the British windproof vest and trousers

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Photo tutorial: painting the British windproof vest and trousers

I have just finished a small tutorial, Andy's style, on how to paint the famous British windproof (BW) vest and trousers.
Not as nice as Andy's original tutorial, but I hope you like it.

The acrylic paints come mostly from the Game Workshop range with some Vallejo one.

We will only detail here the painting for the BW namely the trousers of the first figure, and the vest and trousers ensemble for the second one.

First step

The base colours

GW Karak Stone

2nd Step

The webbing, straps, etc

some variations here as I use alternatively GW Tallarn Sand or a more yellowish Vallejo Desert Yellow

3nd Step

Green camo spots

GW Loren Forest

4th Step

Brown camo spots

Vallejo Mahogany Brown

5th Step

Brown Wash

GW Agrax Earthshade

Base done

Finished and like Andy say "embarrassingly easy, but I like it this way" ;-)

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On May 7th 1954, the garnison of the fortified camp of Dien Bien Phu ceased the fight against General Giap Vietminh army after an heroic resistance. So ended an epic struggle begon 170 days earlier with the landing of the first French paratroopers on the site of Dien Bien Phu. Altough not marking the end of the war in French Indochina, this cataclysmic defeat suppressed in most Frenchmen their will to fight. Soon they will be engaged in another bitter conflict in Algeria.

This blog has certainly no claim to be exhaustive on the French Indochina conflict. Rather, it is a collection of bits and pieces of everything that could be useful for those wishing to purchase our new line of figurines, whether simply to paint them or for them to play their roles in a good wargame. All errors are ours and all constructive comments are welcome. Above all, never forget that we are here to have fun. So let's have fun !